Bits of Barcelona...pt. 2

The food in Barcelona was delicious and I spent 70% of my time tasting everything i could, so i believe it deserves it's own post.


My main mission was to eat paella, I had never had it and I've always wanted to try. The second day I was there we took a bus down to the beach and ate lunch near the shore and we ordered a big pan for 6 people. The seafood was soo fresh and washing it down with sangria was the perfect combination for a spring time lunch at the beach



It was also the first time I ate a crawfish and although it took a little more than effort, it was worth the saffron stained fingers. I'm in the process of looking for a good paella recipe so I'm sure within a few months I'll blog about attempting to make my own paella.

In addition to the delicious paella, Barcelona has the very fresh and inexpensive produce and since we stayed in an apartment I was able to make guacamole for everyone a few nights. We couldn't find tortilla chips so we ended up eating guacamole with anything else we could find. The bread in Barcelona was such an upgrade from the bread in Italy and so we improvised and used bread instead of chips. on our last day we had to use up the rest of our food and made breakfast...seriously, guac makes any meal better...especially breakfast

Across the street from our apartment was a little hotdog place named "The Dog is Hot". I am not a big fan of hot dogs, the last time i had one was probably 4 years ago and that was only because I was at Pink's in LA. This place, however, was great! I tried the PinaDog and the SampaDog. The PinaDog consisted of pineapple salsa, fried onions, peppers,cheese and tiny french fries. The SampaDog was peppers, corn, fried onions, mashed potatoes(which is genius), cheese and tiny french fries. 2 heart attacks on a bun...